ASUS is apparently killing the ability to root present and future Zenfones(www.androidauthority.com)

posted 1 year ago

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ASUS has apparently withdrawn the ability to unlock the bootloader on its phones.
As per the company’s technical support team, Zenfone 10 and Zenfone 9 users

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1 year ago

Samsung unlocked is free to root, and they even provide the tools to do so. Most models supported in the free distros as well.

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1 year ago

Yeah, but then you break Knox, and can’t EVER fix it. The phone becomes instantly worthless for resale.

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